| Sumario: | Part of a special issue on aging and information technology. The writers consider distance learning in the area of gerontology. They discuss the development of distance learning methods, how this type of learning offers an opportunity to enhance and provide an alternative to the present educational model in higher education, online courses in gerontology and related topics, the need to scrutinize Web sites to ensure a high quality of education through distance learning, and the formidable barriers to providing online distance learning to nurses' aides and home health-care aides.
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